The London Podcasthttps://londonpodcast.net
All things LondonTue, 12 Dec 2017 13:03:13 +0000en-GBhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1The London Podcast brings you a real flavour of the UK's bustling global capital. People, places, fun, foreboding... plus 2,000 years of history and more!Adrian LaceycleanAdrian Laceyadrian@adrianlacey.comadrian@adrianlacey.com (Adrian Lacey)A slice of life from the UK's unique world cityThe London Podcasthttp://londonpodcast.net/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/London_Podcast_iTunes_image_Jake_1-193.jpghttps://londonpodcast.net
Rock Legend: Norman Castlehttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=458
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:01:24 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=458https://londonpodcast.net/?p=458#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=4580From pop to rap to musical theatre, former frontman of the Broadwicks Norman Castle is uniquely versatile. Plus, hear from his former bandmates.From the pop high of Sugar ‘n’ Spice to the breathtaking ambition of rock opera The Tanktop Mikado, Norman Castle – former frontman of the Broadwicks – occupies a unique place in British musical life.

This profile hears how he got into the business due to a misunderstanding and how his foray into rap was electrifying… almost literally.

You’ll also hear from former Broadwicks bassist Peggy Babcock on touring with the boys, plus lead guitarist Neville Rice on Prince and plumbing.

Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence

]]>Adrian Lacey recalls meeting comedian Sean Hughes, the Irish Londoner who died in October 2017 at 51. For one night they shared a comedy bill!
Their paths crossed again on a TV show years later, and Adrian remembers that as well as near-misses on the phone and reflections on how things might have been different.
Above all, he celebrates Sean’s range of talents, his comedy legacy and his one-off way of seeing the world.
No Greek pop singers were harmed in the making of this show.

Producer/presenter Adrian Lacey and Alice base themselves in Alice’s kitchen, and there’s also a walkabout in the surrounding area of Clapton in the Borough of Hackney. See some of Alice’s work on Adrian’s Instagram account: lacey.adrian

]]>Adrian Laceyclean10:58‘I Interview Myself’https://londonpodcast.net/?p=385
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 12:38:55 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=385https://londonpodcast.net/?p=385#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3850By some audio wizardry, Adrian interrogates himself on his first memories of radio and his hero Kenny Everett, who he worked with in London.If talking to yourself is a concern, interviewing yourself is deeply worrying! Here, Adrian opens up – to himself – about how he was drawn to radio, as well as sun and clouds in family life on the outskirts of London. Plus, he’s guilty of industrial quantities of namedropping over his radio hero, Kenny Everett, with whom he worked at BBC Television Centre in west London.

Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence

]]>By some audio wizardry, Adrian interrogates himself on his first memories of radio and his hero Kenny Everett, who he worked with in London.
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If you identify with any of the mental health issues in this show, try visiting this NHS site, Mind or getselfhelp.co.uk
Produced and presented by Adrian Lacey, copyright 2017
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Thanks to Richard Sutton for advice and encouragement
Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence]]>Adrian Laceyclean25:23Top Secret: Brexit Briefinghttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=377
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:05:05 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=377https://londonpodcast.net/?p=377#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3770A senior government source, Royston, leaks from the Brexit negotiations with some uncomfortable listening for Remainers and Brexiters alike.When a young Royston Lewis-Davidson (not his real name) looked out over the playing fields of Eaton, he can’t have imagined his future career would come to this. Now a senior civil servant at the Department for Exiting the EU, he finds it challenging to hear some of the more ‘out there’ ideas relating to borders, cakes and fish.

From an unusual part of London’s Whitehall operation, he candidly gives his views on how the Brexit process is going.

Graphic (at Londonpodcast.net): a government mole assesses the public sector burrowing requirement

Royston Lewis-Davidson is played by Russell Thomas – Twitter: @arussthomas

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]]>A senior government source, Royston, leaks from the Brexit negotiations with some uncomfortable listening for Remainers and Brexiters alike.
From an unusual part of London’s Whitehall operation, he candidly gives his views on how the Brexit process is going.
Royston Lewis-Davidson is played by Russell Thomas – Twitter: @arussthomas
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Produced and presented by Adrian Lacey, copyright 2017
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Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence]]>Adrian Laceyclean22:37Blogger Pepys: Rake’s Regresshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=368
Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:06:25 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=368https://londonpodcast.net/?p=368#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3680Reborn 17th century blogger Samuel Pepys heads to the theatre. From lusty adventures to deeper reflections on the Great Fire it's all here.What would a blogger from over 300 years ago make of today’s London? Here’s the answer: Samuel Pepys’ audio diary. In this entry, he’s off to the theatre, but his thoughts are in the wings.
Photo (at Londonpodcast.net) Keith Dunphy/Adam Hills at MUG Photography

Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence

]]>Reborn 17th century blogger Samuel Pepys heads to the theatre. From lusty adventures to deeper reflections on the Great Fire it's all here.
Samuel Pepys… Keith Dunphy
The lady with the tubs… Sarah Kempton
Keith Dunphy is represented by Jonathan Arun and Babble
Sarah is part of CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation
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Bottom script adviser Richard Sutton
Music:
Guitar stings by Gavin Alexander of Arcelia
Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence]]>Adrian Laceyclean9:51London Borough of Charley!https://londonpodcast.net/?p=355
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:10:20 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=355https://londonpodcast.net/?p=355#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3550Visit Borough with guide Charley of London Tailored Tours, and sample the delights of foodie paradise Borough Market with its 1,000-year history.This show centres on Borough in Southwark, one of the oldest parts of the capital. It demands an experienced guide: meet Charley Harrison of London Tailored Tours.

She takes your round the 1,000-year-old Borough Market, a foodie’s paradise, sampling cheese and oysters along the way. After a reflective moment by the River Thames, hear about a unique cemetery and finish off in a pub with a modern twist called The Gladstone Arms, which boasts a connection to recording stars including Ellie Goulding.

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net) Charley by the Thames with the City behind/London Tailored Tours

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Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence

]]>Visit Borough with guide Charley of London Tailored Tours, and sample the delights of foodie paradise Borough Market with its 1,000-year history.London Tailored Tours.
She takes your round the 1,000-year-old Borough Market, a foodie’s paradise, sampling cheese and oysters along the way. After a reflective moment by the River Thames, hear about a unique cemetery and finish off in a pub with a modern twist called The Gladstone Arms, which boasts a connection to recording stars including Ellie Goulding.
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Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence]]>Adrian Laceyclean36:25Social media addiction guruhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=343
Wed, 05 Jul 2017 20:17:44 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=343https://londonpodcast.net/?p=343#commentshttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3433If you're a social media addict, London's Harley Street consultant Seamus O'Healey may be able to help with some techniques he's used on celebs.Addicted to Facebook? Can’t leave your bed before checking Twitter? Lost without likes?

This could be the show for you. (Whisper it: you may have a social media addiction.) London-based Irish consultant Seamus O’Healey shares some, er, novel thoughts about how to cope. He also name-drops some celebrity clients.

Adrian takes you to the heart of high-class healthcare in the West End, Harley Street, where Seamus practises, and along the way shares a Beatles story centring on an adjacent street.

Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence

]]>If you're a social media addict, London's Harley Street consultant Seamus O'Healey may be able to help with some techniques he's used on celebs.
This could be the show for you. (Whisper it: you may have a social media addiction.) London-based Irish consultant Seamus O’Healey shares some, er, novel thoughts about how to cope. He also name-drops some celebrity clients.
Adrian takes you to the heart of high-class healthcare in the West End, Harley Street, where Seamus practises, and along the way shares a Beatles story centring on an adjacent street.
Celebrity references may be figments of Seamus’s imagination.
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Music: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane used with thanks under the Creative Commons licence]]>Adrian Laceyclean35:25State of London: A Letter from Londonhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=335
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:46:12 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=335https://londonpodcast.net/?p=335#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3350After terror attacks and the horrors of the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, what state is the capital in? And could London be a city state?London’s been taking a real hit recently. Three terror attacks in as many months, plus the horror of the Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington. Newly re-elected Prime Minister has apologised for ‘failures of state’, but what state is London actually in? And, using the word differently, should it actually be a state of its own?

In this second Letter from London monologue, Adrian Lacey reflects on tragedy, triumph and ‘8.6 million reasons to listen’. There are lighter moments around the M25 and Brighton & Hove. After all, London life must go on…

Thanks to James Taylor of the James Taylor Quartet for the theme music

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): The London Eye and Houses of Parliament on the Thames by night
]]>After terror attacks and the horrors of the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, what state is the capital in? And could London be a city state?
In this second Letter from London monologue, Adrian Lacey reflects on tragedy, triumph and ‘8.6 million reasons to listen’. There are lighter moments around the M25 and Brighton & Hove. After all, London life must go on…
What do you think? Email London@adrianlacey.com
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NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT: lacey.adrian (linked to the above)
Thanks to James Taylor of the James Taylor Quartet for the theme music]]>Adrian Laceyclean15:35Pepys Plays Politicshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=328
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 13:50:19 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=328https://londonpodcast.net/?p=328#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3280Fed up with elections? So's our reborn 17th-century London blogger Samuel Pepys, played by Keith Dunphy! Written and directed by Adrian Lacey.Fed up with elections? So’s the original 17th-century London blogger, Mr Samuel Pepys. But his remedy may not be the same as yours..!

Sometime Royal Shakespeare Company actor Keith Dunphy returns as our reborn 21st-century version of the diarist who witnessed the Great Fire of London back in the day. Now his passions are aflame in a different way.

This show is dedicated to the memory of comedian and actor Bobby Bragg (1953-2016), who entertained thousands at London’s BBC TV Centre and beyond as a warm-up man.

Photo at Londonpodcast.net: Keith Dunphy stars as Samuel Pepys/Adam Hills at MUG Photography
]]>Fed up with elections? So's our reborn 17th-century London blogger Samuel Pepys, played by Keith Dunphy! Written and directed by Adrian Lacey.
Sometime Royal Shakespeare Company actor Keith Dunphy returns as our reborn 21st-century version of the diarist who witnessed the Great Fire of London back in the day. Now his passions are aflame in a different way.
Thanks to R&R – script consultants Richard Kurti and Rich Sutton.
Music by James Taylor (Hammond organ) and Gavin Alexander (guitar).
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This show is dedicated to the memory of comedian and actor Bobby Bragg (1953-2016), who entertained thousands at London’s BBC TV Centre and beyond as a warm-up man.]]>Adrian Laceyclean8:38Idiot Child in Shoreditchhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=316
Thu, 25 May 2017 14:03:51 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=316https://londonpodcast.net/?p=316#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3160Anxiety and theatre therapy meet in East London as Idiot Child hit town with their latest play at Shoreditch Town Hall. Hear clips and reaction.STOP PRESS: this podcast is now on Facebook: @theLondonPodcast

Nervous? Stressed? Petrified? Try some theatre therapy! The London Podcast heads to Shoreditch Town Hall to meet Susie Riddell, Emma Keaveny-Roys and Adam Fuller from Idiot Child theatre company. Adrian Lacey catches up with the troupe as they take their latest play What If the Plane Falls Out of the Sky? to East London.

Hear some clips from this dynamic show put in context by Susie, co-director of the company. You may know her as Tracy Horrobin in BBC Radio’s soap opera The Archers!

Adrian gives a bit of background, too, to this part of the capital, from the steps of the venue.

Thanks to Anna Harpin, Idiot Child’s other co-director and to What If..? producer Charlie Parker.

Thanks also to audience members Debbie, Phil, Nicky and Jacob.

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Photos (at Londonpodcast.net): Adam, Susie & Emma from Idiot ChildShoreditch Town Hall
]]>Anxiety and theatre therapy meet in East London as Idiot Child hit town with their latest play at Shoreditch Town Hall. Hear clips and reaction.
Nervous? Stressed? Petrified? Try some theatre therapy! The London Podcast heads to Shoreditch Town Hall to meet Susie Riddell, Emma Keaveny-Roys and Adam Fuller from Idiot Child theatre company. Adrian Lacey catches up with the troupe as they take their latest play What If the Plane Falls Out of the Sky? to East London.
Hear some clips from this dynamic show put in context by Susie, co-director of the company. You may know her as Tracy Horrobin in BBC Radio’s soap opera The Archers!
Adrian gives a bit of background, too, to this part of the capital, from the steps of the venue.
Thanks to Anna Harpin, Idiot Child’s other co-director and to What If..? producer Charlie Parker.
Thanks also to audience members Debbie, Phil, Nicky and Jacob.
Please subscribe at Londonpodcast.net and rate at iTunes. Thanks!
idiotchild.com
shoreditchtownhall.com
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Twitter: @AdrianLacey01]]>Adrian Laceyclean23:02East End Mindfulnesshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=303
Thu, 11 May 2017 12:08:23 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=303https://londonpodcast.net/?p=303#commentshttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=3032Psychologist Dr Genevieve von Lob revisits her East End roots in London, and talks about her new book, Five Deep Breaths, on mindful parenting.From an East End London council estate to the Royal Academy of Music – at the age of two! That’s part of the unique life story of clinical psychologist Dr Genevieve von Lob. There’s more in her new book Five Deep Breaths: The Power of Mindful Parenting, which she talks about here.

Adrian also joins Genevieve on a pilgrimage back to the site of her Stepney Green home as a child. As well as happy memories, it has one huge tragic association for her, as you’ll hear. Will going back to her roots mean revisiting the trauma she suffered at the age of nine?

In the studio, Genevieve talks about what mindfulness means and how it can help you raise children – and how you can look after yourself better, whether or not you’re a parent.

Hear the spiralizer in action ‘in a kitchen near you’, together with a studio conversation between Adrian and Kurt. As well as firming up the sponsorship, Kurt has some unique ideas for content. Too unique.

]]>American marketing guru Kurt Ca$h is drafted to organise sponsorship for the London Podcast
Hear the spiralizer in action ‘in a kitchen near you’, together with a studio conversation between Adrian and Kurt. As well as firming up the sponsorship, Kurt has some unique ideas for content. Too unique.
With grateful thanks to the good folks at Utensils Direct.
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Kurt Ca$h is played by Russell Thomas (Twitter: [‘at’] arussthomas)
‘Felix’ appears courtesy of Audrey’s Moggy Management
Music by James Taylor (jtq.co.uk)
Presented and produced by Adrian Lacey (adrianlacey.com)
Get in touch: email: London [‘at’] adrianlacey.com – Twitter [‘at’] AdrianLacey01
Please rate on iTunes]]>Adrian Laceyclean30:29Rana: Making Your Smartphone Smarter! :)https://londonpodcast.net/?p=277
Sun, 09 Apr 2017 14:35:44 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=277https://londonpodcast.net/?p=277#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=2770Egyptian American Rana el Kaliouby is CEO of Affectiva, a company developing emotion-reading technology which can help with mental health.Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): Rana el Kaliouby near Regents Park, NW1

Egyptian American woman Rana el Kaliouby is CEO of Affectiva, an emotion-reading technology company. Adrian Lacey catches up with her in London while she’s in town, and discovers she’s no stranger to the city.

They talk about how her company’s technology could help your smartphone know how you feel, which could have repercussions for the treatment of mental illness and autism – and how it’s already helping sell you Kellogg’s cereals!

Adrian links the show from the beautiful Regent’s Park in NW1, which has had a royal connection since the 16th century.

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]]>Egyptian American Rana el Kaliouby is CEO of Affectiva, a company developing emotion-reading technology which can help with mental health.
They talk about how her company’s technology could help your smartphone know how you feel, which could have repercussions for the treatment of mental illness and autism – and how it’s already helping sell you Kellogg’s cereals!
Adrian links the show from the beautiful Regent’s Park in NW1, which has had a royal connection since the 16th century.
Subscribe to the London Podcast at Londonpodcast.net; please rate on iTunes. Already downloaded in 50 countries.
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Rana’s company: affectiva.com]]>Adrian Laceyclean32:36Terror & Tenderness: London Attackhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=263
Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:34:21 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=263https://londonpodcast.net/?p=263#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=2630Adrian retraces the route of the terrorist who killed four and injured 50 in the Westminster attack in London on Wednesday March 22nd 2017.

London’s terror attack on Wednesday 22nd March 2017 in Westminster left five people dead and over 40 injured. Here, Adrian Lacey retraces the route of both the attacker, Khalid Masood and the medical staff from St Thomas’ Hospital who ran across Westminster Bridge towards the Houses of Parliament to help the victims.

Hear from a London firefighter and his family as they visit the area days after the atrocity, plus Adrian’s personal reflections on having walked the same route a few years before having been a patient at St Thomas’.

This show is dedicated to the memory of the deceased victims of the attack – PC Keith Palmer, Kurt Cochran, Aysha Frade and Leslie Rhodes – and with condolences to their friends and family and with thoughts and well wishes for the injured.

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): A woman carries a placard with the initials of the victims of the Westminster attack who died

]]>Adrian retraces the route of the terrorist who killed four and injured 50 in the Westminster attack in London on Wednesday March 22nd 2017.
London’s terror attack on Wednesday 22nd March 2017 in Westminster left five people dead and over 40 injured. Here, Adrian Lacey retraces the route of both the attacker, Khalid Masood and the medical staff from St Thomas’ Hospital who ran across Westminster Bridge towards the Houses of Parliament to help the victims.
Hear from a London firefighter and his family as they visit the area days after the atrocity, plus Adrian’s personal reflections on having walked the same route a few years before having been a patient at St Thomas’.

This show is dedicated to the memory of the deceased victims of the attack – PC Keith Palmer, Kurt Cochran, Aysha Frade and Leslie Rhodes – and with condolences to their friends and family and with thoughts and well wishes for the injured.

]]>Adrian Laceyclean17:23Mrs Pepys Feels a Bit Funnyhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=257
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:31:55 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=257https://londonpodcast.net/?p=257#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=2570Wife of London blogger Samuel Pepys, Elisabeth reads another entry of her Diary. She's started performing, but will her routine stand up or fall?Elisabeth Pepys, wife of 17th-century London blogger Samuel, reads out another diary entry here. In The London Podcast Mr Pepys has hurtled into the 21st-century while Lizzie is left in 1669.

This time she’s inspired by actresses such as Nell Gwyn to take to the London stage for a spot of performing. But will her act stand up or fall down?

Listen closely to decode some possible modern-day messages. Your full ‘detective’ skills may be required!

Mrs Pepys is played by the talented Sarah Kempton who often performs in London (and elsewhere) as part of ad lib troupe Crime Scene Improvisation (crimesceneimpro.com).

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): Sarah Kempton stars as Elisabeth Pepys (portrait by Clare Newman-Williams)
]]>Wife of London blogger Samuel Pepys, Elisabeth reads another entry of her Diary. She's started performing, but will her routine stand up or fall?
This time she’s inspired by actresses such as Nell Gwyn to take to the London stage for a spot of performing. But will her act stand up or fall down?
Listen closely to decode some possible modern-day messages. Your full ‘detective’ skills may be required!
Mrs Pepys is played by the talented Sarah Kempton who often performs in London (and elsewhere) as part of ad lib troupe Crime Scene Improvisation (crimesceneimpro.com).
Guitar by Gavin Alexander (gavinalexandermusic.co.uk)
Hammond organ by James Taylor (jtq.co.uk)
Written, directed, produced and introduced by Adrian Lacey
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Email: London@adrianlacey.com]]>Adrian Laceyclean7:04Richard Kurti: Author, Screenwriter… and ex-Flatmatehttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=248
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:49:57 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=248https://londonpodcast.net/?p=248#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=2480Writer Richard Kurti and former BBC colleague of presenter Adrian retraces his Clapham roots and talks about his books Monkey Wars & Maladapted.Richard Kurti is a two-time author, is BAFTA-nominated, has worked on screenplays for Hollywood studios – and is still trying to forget living with presenter Adrian Lacey yonks ago in Clapham, south west London!

Here he talks in depth about the tragic inspiration for his first book Monkey Wars, and his near-future dystopian second novel Maladapted. Together with Adrian, he revisits their shared Clapham past and reflects on how London – and house prices – have changed since they lived together.

With personal views from – and thanks to – Lucy Carr at a Clapham estate agents.

]]>Writer Richard Kurti and former BBC colleague of presenter Adrian retraces his Clapham roots and talks about his books Monkey Wars & Maladapted.
Here he talks in depth about the tragic inspiration for his first book Monkey Wars, and his near-future dystopian second novel Maladapted. Together with Adrian, he revisits their shared Clapham past and reflects on how London – and house prices – have changed since they lived together.
With personal views from – and thanks to – Lucy Carr at a Clapham estate agents.
Richard’s website: richardkurti.com
Email the show: London@adrianlacey.com
Twitter: @AdrianLacey01
Subscribe at Londonpodcast.net]]>Adrian Laceyclean58:40Kevin Day: the Lost Tapeshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=238
Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:27:12 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=238https://londonpodcast.net/?p=238#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=2380Alternative comedian and HIGNFY comedy writer Kevin Day talks candidly about the biz and its characters like Bill Hicks and Addison Cresswell.OK, so they’re not tapes and they’re not lost. But this is material that’s never been made public before, recorded at Leicester Square in the heart of London’s West End. Alt. comedy standup and writer Kevin Day – who’s written for legends Dave Allen, Ronnie Corbett and Bob Monkhouse and who writes for popular BBC TV news panel show Have I Got News for You – reflects on how he writes and performs, thinks about the late great comedy impresario Addison Cresswell and gives his judgment on the deceased American shock comic Bill Hicks.

Percussion provided by scaffold operatives and the great London rain!

This is a companion show to the special, Comedy in the Capital: You’re Having a Laugh! in which you can hear more thoughts from Kevin Day, as well as from Maddie Campion who’s just starting out in comedy and Scott Denyer who’s taken a step back from the mike.

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): Kevin Day views all his yesterdays at the Comedy Store
]]>Alternative comedian and HIGNFY comedy writer Kevin Day talks candidly about the biz and its characters like Bill Hicks and Addison Cresswell.
Percussion provided by scaffold operatives and the great London rain!
This is a companion show to the special, Comedy in the Capital: You’re Having a Laugh! 🙂 in which you can hear more thoughts from Kevin Day, as well as from Maddie Campion who’s just starting out in comedy and Scott Denyer who’s taken a step back from the mike.
See also Comedy Extra: Stage Rage & the Expert Witness on comedian Lee Hurst’s criminal act – and that’s not his performance…
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Music by James Taylor: jtq.co.uk]]>Adrian Laceyclean31:29Comedy Extra: Stage Rage & the Expert Witnesshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=227
Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:40:28 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=227https://londonpodcast.net/?p=227#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=2270The story of a shocking incident involving a phone at a Lee Hurst comedy gig which ended in court. Star witness Garry Green tells all to Adrian.Imagine you’re at a comedy gig and the comedian stops performing mid-sentence to take a phone from a member of the audience… and it all ends in court. Well that happened to this show’s guest, Garry Green as a member of the audience where top TV comic Lee Hurst was starring. Garry is cross-questioned by Adrian Lacey about that shocking incident.

Hear the changes in atmosphere as Adrian takes you between different parts of the complex, from tube interchange to shopping arcade and onto a statue of British poet Sir John Betjeman. And hear the story of why he should be there.

Listen responsibly, preferably with some nice stereo headphones!

There’s a ‘making of’ blog at adrianlacey.com. And as it references, there’s another example of ‘slow podcasting’ in the edition called Sound of the Underground.

]]>Enjoy the sounds of this beautiful gothic Victorian rail terminus, from tube interchange to the statue of English poet Sir John Betjeman.
Hear the changes in atmosphere as Adrian takes you between different parts of the complex, from tube interchange to shopping arcade and onto a statue of British poet Sir John Betjeman. And hear the story of why he should be there.
Listen responsibly, preferably with some nice stereo headphones!
There’s a ‘making of’ blog at adrianlacey.com. And as it references, there’s another example of ‘slow podcasting’ in the edition called Sound of the Underground.
Intro/outro music by James Taylor: jtq.co.uk
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Twitter: @AdrianLacey01

]]>Adrian Laceyclean19:26Year One: The Story so Far..!https://londonpodcast.net/?p=200
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 19:53:07 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=200https://londonpodcast.net/?p=200#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=2000From Shakespeare's Globe to the tube, and from Bob Marley to Sir Terry Wogan, just some of the highlights from The London Podcast's first year.To celebrate The London Podcast‘s first anniversary, here’s a compilation which takes you from Shakespeare to the tube, and from Marley to Wogan.

Adrian weaves these excerpts together with one or two anecdotes, giving you ‘the story behind the story’.

It’s just a fraction of the different podcasts made during 2016 which are all still available, and there’s plenty more to come. Subscribe at Londonpodcast.net to avoid disappointment!

Thanks for listening and thanks to all contributors and people behind the scenes providing support and encouragement to help bring the show to 46 countries (and counting) in its first year.

There’s more at adrianlacey.com

Twitter: @AdrianLacey01

Email: London@adrianlacey.com

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net) your host, Adrian Lacey

]]>From Shakespeare's Globe to the tube, and from Bob Marley to Sir Terry Wogan, just some of the highlights from The London Podcast's first year.
Adrian weaves these excerpts together with one or two anecdotes, giving you ‘the story behind the story’.
It’s just a fraction of the different podcasts made during 2016 which are all still available, and there’s plenty more to come. Subscribe at Londonpodcast.net to avoid disappointment! 😉
Thanks for listening and thanks to all contributors and people behind the scenes providing support and encouragement to help bring the show to 46 countries (and counting) in its first year.
There’s more at adrianlacey.com
Twitter: @AdrianLacey01
Email: London@adrianlacey.com

]]>Adrian Laceyclean22:26George Michael: Greek Londoner Bearing Giftshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=191
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:12:08 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=191https://londonpodcast.net/?p=191#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1910Adrian's recollections of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer George Michael and their shared London roots and crossed paths.George Michael, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer died on Christmas Day 2016. Here Adrian reflects on Michael’s work and their shared London roots, together with a couple of occasions when their paths crossed.

From his odd-jobbing in Watford to his stadium-filling stardom, the sweep of Michael’s career, and the nature of fame itself is examined in this audio essay.

Share your memories too: email the show at London@adrianlacey.com, tweet Adrian @AdrianLacey01, or leave a comment at Londonpodcast.net, where you can also subscribe to the podcast.

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): George Michael’s death makes the front pages of the UK press
]]>Adrian's recollections of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer George Michael and their shared London roots and crossed paths.
From his odd-jobbing in Watford to his stadium-filling stardom, the sweep of Michael’s career, and the nature of fame itself is examined in this audio essay.
Share your memories too: email the show at London@adrianlacey.com, tweet Adrian @AdrianLacey01, or leave a comment at Londonpodcast.net, where you can also subscribe to the podcast.]]>Adrian Laceyclean7:48You’re Having a Laugh: Comedy in the Capital! :-)https://londonpodcast.net/?p=186
Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:51:03 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=186https://londonpodcast.net/?p=186#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1860Join talented alternative comedian and writer Kevin Day at the Comedy Store in London as he talks stand-up, HIGNFY, Dave Allen and more.Star stand-up comedian, Have I Got News for You writer and TV and radio football pundit Kevin Day is interviewed by Adrian at his ‘club’, the legendary Comedy Store in London. He talks about the past, present and future of Comedy in the Capital, reflecting on his part in creating alternative comedy. He also recalls writing for comedy giants Dave Allen and Ronnie Corbett, as well as praising newer talents like Mat Ewins and surveying the arena that his son Ed Night has ventured into.

Former stand-up Scott Denyer and newcomer Maddie Campion join Adrian in a studio discussion on the state of the art form and the uniqueness of the scene in London. And Scott gets one or two of his gripes about the biz off his chest!

Later, Kevin revisits the scene of the previous Comedy Store in Leicester Square where he met his future wife, and also had to introduce one of the biggest comedy talents on the planet.

There are also steers as to how pies, tin foil and dolphins can be funny.

Comedian Kevin Day at the Comedy Store in LondonScott Denyer and Maddie Campion floor their audience
]]>Join talented alternative comedian and writer Kevin Day at the Comedy Store in London as he talks stand-up, HIGNFY, Dave Allen and more.
Former stand-up Scott Denyer and newcomer Maddie Campion join Adrian in a studio discussion on the state of the art form and the uniqueness of the scene in London. And Scott gets one or two of his gripes about the biz off his chest!
Later, Kevin revisits the scene of the previous Comedy Store in Leicester Square where he met his future wife, and also had to introduce one of the biggest comedy talents on the planet.
There are also steers as to how pies, tin foil and dolphins can be funny.]]>Adrian Laceyclean1:40:06Pepys at the Comedy Storehttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=165
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:00:54 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=165https://londonpodcast.net/?p=165#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1650Samuel Pepys, London diarist from the 17th century, experiences 21st-century entertainment at the Comedy StoreThe original 17th-century blogger Samuel Pepys goes to premier 21st-century London entertainment spot the Comedy Store. From the expressions of the comics in their photos to the temperature of the ale, our redoubtable diarist has a view on everything. And not everything ends well.

Mr Pepys is played by the travelling showman from Waterford in Ireland, Keith Dunphy. The Audio Diary of Samuel Pepys is written and directed by Adrian Lacey. The show is produced by Adrian and introduced by him from London’s swinging West End.

Get in touch with the show: email – London@adrianlacey.com

Twitter: @AdrianLacey01

Photo at Londonpodcast.net: Keith Dunphy stars as Samuel Pepys/Adam Hills at MUG Photography
]]>Samuel Pepys, London diarist from the 17th century, experiences 21st-century entertainment at the Comedy Store
Mr Pepys is played by the travelling showman from Waterford in Ireland, Keith Dunphy. The Audio Diary of Samuel Pepys is written and directed by Adrian Lacey. The show is produced by Adrian and introduced by him from London’s swinging West End.
Get in touch with the show: email – London@adrianlacey.com
Twitter: @AdrianLacey01]]>Adrian Laceyclean11:40Policing London: Leroy Logan, MBEhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=156
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:20:05 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=156https://londonpodcast.net/?p=156#commentshttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1561Former police superintendent Leroy Logan, MBE gives you an insider's insight into the past and present of policing London.From the Bow Street Runners to the capital’s present-day police service, former superintendent Leroy Logan, MBE gives you an insider’s insight into the past and present of policing in London.

The discussion covers the tragedy of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence and the success of the London 2012 Olympics via the colour and cacophony of the Notting Hill Carnival. It’s never quiet for the Metropolitan Police Service. Leroy also talks movingly about his Jamaican roots and being awarded the honour, Member of the British Empire.

Join Leroy on the beat, hear some views on the MPS from people in the metropolis, and clear out your ear wax with some sirens!

Photo: (at Londonpodcast.net) Leroy Logan, MBE comes out of police retirement to go on the beat
]]>Former police superintendent Leroy Logan, MBE gives you an insider's insight into the past and present of policing London.
The discussion covers the tragedy of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence and the success of the London 2012 Olympics via the colour and cacophony of the Notting Hill Carnival. It’s never quiet for the Metropolitan Police Service. Leroy also talks movingly about his Jamaican roots and being awarded the honour, Member of the British Empire.
Join Leroy on the beat, hear some views on the MPS from people in the metropolis, and clear out your ear wax with some sirens!]]>Adrian Laceyclean48:08Mrs Pepys’ Diary: Great Fire, Cake…& ‘Rexit’https://londonpodcast.net/?p=144
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:42:54 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=144https://londonpodcast.net/?p=144#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1440The wife of London's famous 17-century blogger, Samuel, finds her voice! In this entry, cakes, the Great Fire... and some terrible gags.With 17th-century blogger Samuel Pepys adrift in the 21st century in the London Podcast, time to hear again from his wife, Elisabeth Pepys, who’s left behind. It turns out she’s a punster of her parish!

2016 is the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, and Lizzie recalls how she watched it with her husband. She also remembers the death of the first Charles Rex (aka King Charles I).

Finally, Ms Pepys points you to a recipe or two and shows she has a social conscience.

The show is linked by producer Adrian Lacey from the Monument, the tall column which was put up in the City of London to commemorate the fire from 1671.

]]>The wife of London's famous 17-century blogger, Samuel, finds her voice! In this entry, cakes, the Great Fire... and some terrible gags.
2016 is the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, and Lizzie recalls how she watched it with her husband. She also remembers the death of the first Charles Rex (aka King Charles I).
Finally, Ms Pepys points you to a recipe or two and shows she has a social conscience.
The show is linked by producer Adrian Lacey from the Monument, the tall column which was put up in the City of London to commemorate the fire from 1671.
Mrs Pepys: Sarah Kempton; organ: James Taylor (jtq.co.uk); guitar: Gavin Alexander (gavinalexandermusic.co.uk)
Sarah is a member of Crime Scene Improvisation (crimesceneimpro.com)
More at adrianlacey.com

]]>Adrian Laceyclean7:13Fred Astaire & Me: Confessions of a Make-up Artisthttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=138
Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:28:53 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=138https://londonpodcast.net/?p=138#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1380Make-up artist to the stars, Jenny Binsted looks back on her long and illustrious largely London-based television career. From politicians to pop stars, Jenny’s made the biggest names up – and has anecdotes to match. How did Lipstick on your Collar lead to sequins and glue in a strange place? How did a mechanical failure leave Jenny alone … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=138" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fred Astaire & Me: Confessions of a Make-up Artist</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>Make-up artist to the stars, Jenny Binsted looks back on her long and illustrious largely London-based television career. From politicians to pop stars, Jenny’s made the biggest names up – and has anecdotes to match.

How did Lipstick on your Collar lead to sequins and glue in a strange place? How did a mechanical failure leave Jenny alone with a prime minister? And how did the encounter with Hollywood dance sensation Fred Astaire come about?

All this and more in a relaxed and entertaining conversation which is bookended on location outside the building where Jenny worked for nearly 30 years, Television Centre in west London.

Jenny Binsted with tools of her tradeAdrian outside Television Centre in West London

]]>Make-up artist to the stars, Jenny Binsted looks back on her long and illustrious largely London-based television career. From politicians to pop stars, Jenny’s made the biggest names up – and has anecdotes to match.
How did Lipstick on your Collar lead to sequins and glue in a strange place? How did a mechanical failure leave Jenny alone with a prime minister? And how did the encounter with Hollywood dance sensation Fred Astaire come about?
All this and more in a relaxed and entertaining conversation which is bookended on location outside the building where Jenny worked for nearly 30 years, Television Centre in west London.

]]>Adrian Laceyclean44:54Rational Anthems? A Song for Londonhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=131
Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:01:41 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=131https://londonpodcast.net/?p=131#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1310What makes a good national anthem? Are they more head or heart? And what would make a great song for London? Alex Marshall, London journalist and author of Republic or Death! Travels in Search of National Anthems, joins Adrian, as well as visiting his roots in the ‘burbs. The people of London get their say, … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=131" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rational Anthems? A Song for London</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>What makes a good national anthem? Are they more head or heart? And what would make a great song for London? Alex Marshall, London journalist and author of Republic or Death! Travels in Search of National Anthems, joins Adrian, as well as visiting his roots in the ‘burbs. The people of London get their say, too!

The show is linked from the oldest theatre site in the UK capital to still be in theatrical use, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. This links to two national anthems with the same tune – those of the UK and Lichtenstein.

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net) Alex Marshall anthem singing in Nashville
]]>What makes a good national anthem? Are they more head or heart? And what would make a great song for London? Alex Marshall, London journalist and author of Republic or Death! Travels in Search of National Anthems, joins Adrian,
The show is linked from the oldest theatre site in the UK capital to still be in theatrical use, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. This links to two national anthems with the same tune – those of the UK and Lichtenstein.]]>Adrian Laceyclean53:06Bertoni & Bob: Marley in Londonhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=115
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:28:04 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=115https://londonpodcast.net/?p=115#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1150Visit Bob Marley’s London home, and prepare to swoon at a great voice as Bertoni Mowatt brings his lilting Jamaican tones to a special exotic show. From Bloomsbury’s swish Ridgmount Gardens to a recent very personal tragedy, Bertoni reflects on life in London as a black guy from the Caribbean. Also, with our London blogger … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=115" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bertoni & Bob: Marley in London</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>Visit Bob Marley’s London home, and prepare to swoon at a great voice as Bertoni Mowatt brings his lilting Jamaican tones to a special exotic show.

From Bloomsbury’s swish Ridgmount Gardens to a recent very personal tragedy, Bertoni reflects on life in London as a black guy from the Caribbean.

Also, with our London blogger Samuel Pepys having left the 17th century, we hear from the love he’s left behind – hear Mrs Pepy’s Diary, starring Sarah Kempton.

Thanks to Simon Foster for sound editing help. Presented and produced by Adrian Lacey.

]]>Visit Bob Marley’s London home, and prepare to swoon at a great voice as Bertoni Mowatt brings his lilting Jamaican tones to a special exotic show. From Bloomsbury’s swish Ridgmount Gardens to a recent very personal tragedy,
From Bloomsbury’s swish Ridgmount Gardens to a recent very personal tragedy, Bertoni reflects on life in London as a black guy from the Caribbean.
Also, with our London blogger Samuel Pepys having left the 17th century, we hear from the love he’s left behind – hear Mrs Pepy’s Diary, starring Sarah Kempton.
Thanks to Simon Foster for sound editing help. Presented and produced by Adrian Lacey.
More at adrianlacey.com]]>Adrian Laceyclean40:21Lost & Found: Jane Gordon’s Violinhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=110
Sun, 28 Aug 2016 20:18:49 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=110https://londonpodcast.net/?p=110#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1100Star violinist, west Londoner Jane Gordon speaks exclusively here to Adrian Lacey with a story to tug at, erm, your heartstrings..! Imagine realising you’ve left your most treasured possession on the train. That happened to Jane recently when she left the station accidentally without her instrument. She picks up the nerve-racking and heartwarming story here while clutching this … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=110" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Lost & Found: Jane Gordon’s Violin</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>Star violinist, west Londoner Jane Gordon speaks exclusively here to Adrian Lacey with a story to tug at, erm, your heartstrings..!

Imagine realising you’ve left your most treasured possession on the train. That happened to Jane recently when she left the station accidentally without her instrument. She picks up the nerve-racking and heartwarming story here while clutching this 300-year-old work of art.

Jane also talks about her upcoming Proms concert in London, plucks a few strings, then you can hear her in an excerpt of a beautiful recording with the celebrated Rautio Piano Trio, of which she is a member.

Photo at Londonpodcast.net: Jane Gordon with her ‘family member’!
]]>Star violinist, west Londoner Jane Gordon speaks exclusively here to Adrian Lacey with a story to tug at, erm, your heartstrings..! Imagine realising you’ve left your most treasured possession on the train.
Imagine realising you’ve left your most treasured possession on the train. That happened to Jane recently when she left the station accidentally without her instrument. She picks up the nerve-racking and heartwarming story here while clutching this 300-year-old work of art.
Jane also talks about her upcoming Proms concert in London, plucks a few strings, then you can hear her in an excerpt of a beautiful recording with the celebrated Rautio Piano Trio, of which she is a member.]]>Adrian Laceyclean9:47Letter from London: Unpluggedhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=102
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:11:53 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=102https://londonpodcast.net/?p=102#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=1020If London was a person, what would they be like? Adrian has his own thoughts in this pared-down monologue. From reflections on childhood memories in the capital, to today’s crazy house prices, all London life is here. Add your own thoughts on Twitter @AdrianLacey01 or online at Londonpodcast.net – where you can also subscribe. … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=102" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Letter from London: Unplugged</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>If London was a person, what would they be like? Adrian has his own thoughts in this pared-down monologue. From reflections on childhood memories in the capital, to today’s crazy house prices, all London life is here.

Add your own thoughts on Twitter @AdrianLacey01 or online at Londonpodcast.net – where you can also subscribe.

Photo at Londonpodcast.net: scripts, scribbles and software go to make a London Podcast!

More at adrianlacey.com

]]>If London was a person, what would they be like? Adrian has his own thoughts in this pared-down monologue. From reflections on childhood memories in the capital, to today’s crazy house prices, all London life is here.
Add your own thoughts on Twitter @AdrianLacey01 or online at Londonpodcast.net – where you can also subscribe.

More at adrianlacey.com]]>Adrian Laceyclean11:13Sound of the Undergroundhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=95
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:42:58 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=95https://londonpodcast.net/?p=95#commentshttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=954Enjoy an odyssey on London's tube network, the world's oldest underground railway, including a slow podcasting ride to Tottenham Court Road.Enjoy a tube journey in audio and hear fascinating facts about the world’s oldest railway network below street level in this show about the London Underground.

Meet a couple of tube obsessives: Ellie uncovers wartime secrets under Clapham Common, while Joseph crunches the numbers from this dark, dank demimonde.

There’s time travel, too, as our reborn 17th-century London blogger tries to make sense of the tube… and Brexit. The audio diary of Samuel Pepys is performed by actor Keith Dunphy.

The show ends with ‘slow podcasting’, a commentary-free journey from the nethers of the Northern line to the wilds of the West End.

The show is dedicated to everyone who’s ever helped make the London Underground happen. The London Podcast salutes you!

Photo at Londonpodcast.net: The elegant Edwardian exterior of Goodge Street station on the London Underground, July 2016
]]>Enjoy an odyssey on London's tube network, the world's oldest underground railway, including a slow podcasting ride to Tottenham Court Road.
Meet a couple of tube obsessives: Ellie uncovers wartime secrets under Clapham Common, while Joseph crunches the numbers from this dark, dank demimonde.
There’s time travel, too, as our reborn 17th-century London blogger tries to make sense of the tube… and Brexit. The audio diary of Samuel Pepys is performed by actor Keith Dunphy.
The show ends with ‘slow podcasting’, a commentary-free journey from the nethers of the Northern line to the wilds of the West End.
The show is dedicated to everyone who’s ever helped make the London Underground happen. The London Podcast salutes you!]]>Adrian Laceyclean37:46Michael Caine’s* Mike Masterclasshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=87
Sat, 21 May 2016 21:19:53 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=87https://londonpodcast.net/?p=87#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=870London movie icon Michael Caine*, star of well over a 100 films from Alfie to Zulu, gives an exclusive interview to Adrian Lacey in this London Podcast. After talking about Michael’s roots in the capital, they move to a microphone masterclass inspired by Michael’s legendary BBC TV programme Acting for Film (available on YouTube). From breathing techniques to exploring dynamic range and bilabial plosives, … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=87" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Michael Caine’s* Mike Masterclass</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>London movie icon Michael Caine*, star of well over a 100 films from Alfie to Zulu, gives an exclusive interview to Adrian Lacey in this London Podcast. After talking about Michael’s roots in the capital, they move to a microphone masterclass inspired by Michael’s legendary BBC TV programme Acting for Film (available on YouTube).

From breathing techniques to exploring dynamic range and bilabial plosives, this is a must-listen for any aspiring radio actor, or someone who likes hearing luvvies waffle on about how tough talking for a living is.

Explore Caine’s little known pre-stage career in radio drama, and hear Adrian’s mike technique become noticeably better, albeit at the expense of his face turning slightly blue.

Michael Caine’s Mike Masterclass is sure to become a modern classic of its type and will raise the bar for you when using a microphone, even a telephone.

* Michael bears an uncanny resemblance to actor and mimic Russell Thomas, who in turn bears an uncanny resemblance to Michael Caine. Coincidentally.

]]>London movie icon Michael Caine*, star of well over a 100 films from Alfie to Zulu, gives an exclusive interview to Adrian Lacey in this London Podcast. After talking about Michael’s roots in the capital, they move to a microphone masterclass inspired ...
From breathing techniques to exploring dynamic range and bilabial plosives, this is a must-listen for any aspiring radio actor, or someone who likes hearing luvvies waffle on about how tough talking for a living is.
Explore Caine’s little known pre-stage career in radio drama, and hear Adrian’s mike technique become noticeably better, albeit at the expense of his face turning slightly blue.
Michael Caine’s Mike Masterclass is sure to become a modern classic of its type and will raise the bar for you when using a microphone, even a telephone.
* Michael bears an uncanny resemblance to actor and mimic Russell Thomas, who in turn bears an uncanny resemblance to Michael Caine. Coincidentally.]]>Adrian Laceyclean22:50Shakespeare in Londonhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=70
Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:24:54 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=70https://londonpodcast.net/?p=70#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=700London made Shakespeare. This edition celebrates the great Bard of Avon, who died 400 years ago on April 23rd, 1616. Join Adrian on a tour of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre at Bankside by the River Thames with actress Janet Walker. Hear captivating passages from Richard II and As You Like It performed by Shakespearean actor Keith Dunphy … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=70" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Shakespeare in London</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>London made Shakespeare. This edition celebrates the great Bard of Avon, who died 400 years ago on April 23rd, 1616.

Join Adrian on a tour of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre at Bankside by the River Thames with actress Janet Walker. Hear captivating passages from Richard II and As You Like It performed by Shakespearean actor Keith Dunphy and Sarah Kempton respectively.

Plus, reborn London ‘blogger’ Samuel Pepys meets a mystery manic man with app-itude (played by Russell Thomas) in a ‘most excellent coffee house’ by the Globe.

]]>London made Shakespeare. This edition celebrates the great Bard of Avon, who died 400 years ago on April 23rd, 1616. Join Adrian on a tour of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre at Bankside by the River Thames with actress Janet Walker.
Join Adrian on a tour of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre at Bankside by the River Thames with actress Janet Walker. Hear captivating passages from Richard II and As You Like It performed by Shakespearean actor Keith Dunphy and Sarah Kempton respectively.
Plus, reborn London ‘blogger’ Samuel Pepys meets a mystery manic man with app-itude (played by Russell Thomas) in a ‘most excellent coffee house’ by the Globe.
Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): Shakespeare’s Globe, Bankside, London, April 2016]]>Adrian Laceyclean28:00Hendrix (& Handel) in Londonhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=62
Sat, 26 Mar 2016 01:29:34 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=62https://londonpodcast.net/?p=62#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=620Baroque and roll in this edition as we take you into legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s flat in Brook Street, W1 – newly opened to the public. It’s just next door to the house where baroque composer Handel lived 200 years before. Enjoy a VIP tour inside Jimi’s flat with the director of the venue, … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=62" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hendrix (& Handel) in London</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>Baroque and roll in this edition as we take you into legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s flat in Brook Street, W1 – newly opened to the public. It’s just next door to the house where baroque composer Handel lived 200 years before.

Enjoy a VIP tour inside Jimi’s flat with the director of the venue, Michelle Aland, plus meet the man who met Hendrix: music mogul Rob Dickins sets the scene.

And meet a man who was alive around the time of Handel – London diarist Samuel Pepys. Now alive again(!) he gets a little hot and bothered in Fulham market.

Photo (at londonpodcast.net): Michelle Aland and bear-dog in Hendrix’s flat
]]>Baroque and roll in this edition as we take you into legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s flat in Brook Street, W1 – newly opened to the public. It’s just next door to the house where baroque composer Handel lived 200 years before.
Enjoy a VIP tour inside Jimi’s flat with the director of the venue, Michelle Aland, plus meet the man who met Hendrix: music mogul Rob Dickins sets the scene.
And meet a man who was alive around the time of Handel – London diarist Samuel Pepys. Now alive again(!) he gets a little hot and bothered in Fulham market.]]>Adrian Laceyclean34:45Wogan RIP: exclusive interviewhttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=43
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:24:27 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=43https://londonpodcast.net/?p=43#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=430Sir Terry Wogan was one of the UK’s favourite broadcasters over several decades. Here Adrian Lacey interviews him in a never-before-aired exclusive recording from 2013. Terry looks back over his career which encompassed the television chat show Wogan and his much-loved BBC Radio 2 Wake Up to Wogan breakfast show, both of which were broadcast from London. … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=43" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wogan RIP: exclusive interview</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>Sir Terry Wogan was one of the UK’s favourite broadcasters over several decades. Here Adrian Lacey interviews him in a never-before-aired exclusive recording from 2013.

Terry looks back over his career which encompassed the television chat show Wogan and his much-loved BBC Radio 2 Wake Up to Wogan breakfast show, both of which were broadcast from London. From interviewing Hollywood stars to creating surreal mind pictures of the DG (director general, i.e. the boss!), Wogan’s warm Irish tones won the nation’s heart.

Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a newcomer, you’ll enjoy hearing him and some of Adrian’s reminiscences of a top entertainer.

]]>Sir Terry Wogan was one of the UK’s favourite broadcasters over several decades. Here Adrian Lacey interviews him in a never-before-aired exclusive recording from 2013. Terry looks back over his career which encompassed the television chat show Wogan a...
Terry looks back over his career which encompassed the television chat show Wogan and his much-loved BBC Radio 2 Wake Up to Wogan breakfast show, both of which were broadcast from London. From interviewing Hollywood stars to creating surreal mind pictures of the DG (director general, i.e. the boss!), Wogan’s warm Irish tones won the nation’s heart.
Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a newcomer, you’ll enjoy hearing him and some of Adrian’s reminiscences of a top entertainer.
Photo (at londonpodcast.net): Sir Terry after his Weekend Wogan radio show, London, February 2013]]>Adrian Laceyclean21:57Books, bombs and embattled mindshttps://londonpodcast.net/?p=22
Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:00:24 +0000http://londonpodcast.net/?p=22https://londonpodcast.net/?p=22#respondhttps://londonpodcast.net/?feed=rss2&p=220The UK capital’s oldest purpose-built bookshop, Daunt Books in Marylebone is the setting for a relaxed but revealing conversation with London writer and journalist Matthew Green. His latest book, Aftershock, describes what is often a difficult transition between war and peace for military personnel. A studio discussion follows with Matthew and Adrian joined by Hilary Horton, … <a href="https://londonpodcast.net/?p=22" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Books, bombs and embattled minds</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>The UK capital’s oldest purpose-built bookshop, Daunt Books in Marylebone is the setting for a relaxed but revealing conversation with London writer and journalist Matthew Green. His latest book, Aftershock, describes what is often a difficult transition between war and peace for military personnel.

A studio discussion follows with Matthew and Adrian joined by Hilary Horton, a healthcare manager who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after service in Iraq. The condition’s serious, but the discussion includes lighter moments, too.

And there’s humour from 17th-century London ‘blogger’ Samuel Pepys having, er, fun with new communications technology!

]]>The UK capital’s oldest purpose-built bookshop, Daunt Books in Marylebone is the setting for a relaxed but revealing conversation with London writer and journalist Matthew Green. His latest book, Aftershock,
A studio discussion follows with Matthew and Adrian joined by Hilary Horton, a healthcare manager who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after service in Iraq. The condition’s serious, but the discussion includes lighter moments, too.
And there’s humour from 17th-century London ‘blogger’ Samuel Pepys having, er, fun with new communications technology!